Update: EGee

 EGee, April 2, 2011

EGee continues to remain skinny but otherwise okay (eating, pooping, pronking, etc). He is still in isolation and receiving daily grains with added probiotics in addition to hay.

We are waiting for the antlers to fall before we release him back with the others in the herd. Last year the first antlers fell on April 5, so soon he will be back with his buddies. We are just too worried that he will lose any fight as he weighs significantly less than the other 7. Or, he may think he is the king of the castle having not had to jostle or fight for position in the herd for the past two months. So that’s the reason for the delay in introducing him back to the herd.

At the very least, we no longer worry that we will find him dead, and we dare to think he is going to make it for awhile longer. Thank goodness for warmer weather.